Degree with Foundation Year (Creative Campus)

Successful completion of the Foundation Year will enable you to progress into the first year (Level C) of your chosen honours degree. If you are a full time UK student, you will qualify for student financial support for the full duration of your course (subject to relevant criteria).

A significant part of our Degree with Foundation Year focuses upon core skills such as academic writing at HE level, becoming an independent learner, structuring academic work, critical thinking, time management and note taking.

The Degree with Foundation Year is particularly suitable for those who wish to undertake studies in the following subjects. 

The Foundation Year is a full-time course and forms the first year of a 4-year degree. You will be a student of the University and have access to all the standard support systems and resources that any degree student would be able to access.

Programme structure

Teaching on this programme will be a mixture of lectures, tutorials and individual learning. You will have approximately 12 teaching hours per week, for 24 weeks of the year.

Assessment and feedback

Assessment during Foundation Year includes essays, presentations and portfolio work. You will be given feedback on all of your assessments and have the opportunity to discuss this with your tutor in detail. Most feedback on assessments is provided in written form, although some may be supported by oral feedback. Assessments and feedback at Foundation Year level will provide an understanding of what is to be expected across the other three years of your four-year study.

Applicants must achieve a minimum of 72 UCAS points for entry on to this course. UCAS Tariff points can be made up from a range of qualifications. 

There may be some flexibility for mature students offering non-tariff qualifications and students meeting particular widening participation criteria. 

Applications from International applicants will be considered for Foundation Year study but applicants who require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK will also have to meet the .

Please contact our Student Enrolment team directly for further information.

t: 0151 291 3899

e:admission@hope.ac.uk

Tuition Fees

The tuition fees for the Degree with Foundation Year are £9,250.

If you are a student from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, your tuition fees will also be £9,250.

The University reserves the right to increase Home and EU Undergraduate and PGCE tuition fees in line with any inflationary or other increase authorised by the Secretary of State for future years of study.

Additional Costs

On top of your tuition fees, you also need to consider costs such as purchasing books and travel. For subject-specific additional costs, please see the relevant undergraduate course page.

You will also need to consider the cost of your accommodation whilst you study at university. Visit our accommodation pages for further details about our Halls of Residence.

Additional help

For information about funding from the Government, please see our Government help page.

As part of their Degree with Foundation year, students will undertake their chosen Creative Focused Subjects. All students will also study the Creative & Study Skills Block. 

Performance 

Examples of topics you may cover during lectures, seminars and tutorials in this strand include:

• Founding principles of performance
• Improvisation
• Audience interaction
• Using the performer's voice
• Generating ideas in performance
• Exploring structure and score
• The use of light and sound
• Exploration of performance development
• Staging and situation performances
• Technical direction and the use of rehearsals
• Analysing and understanding performance styles

Visual Art

Examples of topics you may cover during lectures, seminars and tutorials in this strand include:

• Drawing and design development
• Colour theory, motif placement
• Colour theory and the use of the colour wheel
• Studying contemporary and historical artists
• Studying artist mediums and forms of expression
• Understanding the principles of design
• Exploration of composition
• Print techniques
• Principles of figure drawing
• Introduction to typesetting
• Leaflet and book design
• Creating and developing logotypes
• Motion graphics

Music

Examples of topics you may cover during lectures, seminars and tutorials in this strand include:

• Development of musical creativity
• Composition and arrangement
• Analysis of scales and harmony
• Exploration of melodic writing
• Music in a historical context
• Understanding musical form and composition
• Developing musical recording, engineering and production skills
• The use of music in politics and the media
• Diversity in music
• Music performance and theory immersion
• Rhythmic variations

Creative and Study Skills Block 

Examples of the following skills may be developed in seminars and tutorials as we explore the Performance, Visual Art and Music curriculum:

• Becoming a learner at HE level
• Time management and planning
• Information retrieval and evaluation
• Reading at HE level
• Academic writing and criticality
• Structuring academic work and note-taking
• Referencing and proofreading
• Team work
• Presentation skills

*This course is subject to validation.

Applications for our BA (Hons) Degree with Foundation Year must be made through UCAS. When making an application, you will need to specify which degree you wish to continue onto once you have completed your Foundation Year programme.

The available BA (Hons) programmes are listed below :